How NBA Blogosphere Would Coach LA Lakers into the Playoffs

The Los Angeles Lakers have been the most talked-about team in the NBA all season long, despite their sub-.500 record and season-long struggles.

It's those struggles that make them such an interesting story, especially after we speculated all summer long that they would be competing for a championship with no problems.

Two coaches, a ton of injuries and a 28-30 record later, everybody wants to put their two cents in regarding the Lakers. It's fun to speculate on what they should or shouldn't do, but at some point we're just talking about nothing.

We're throwing darts at a wall with no real target, just tossing for the sake of tossing.

In order to really clear up what the people want from the Lakers in terms of running the team, let's take a tour of Twitter to see what it is, exactly, the world wants the Lakers to do in order to fix this mess of a season.

Of course, we're going to have to start with the obvious, what everybody has been screaming for since late December.

I can't imagine how the likes of Chris Duhon, Darius Morris or Robert Sacre would have helped against a fast, athletic team like the Nuggets, although I suppose Devin Ebanks could have provided a few minutes.

Of course, there are also thoughts on player movement. The right way to build this team is always one of the most popular topics for debate.

The Princeton wasn't right for this team, D'Antoni's offense might not be right for this team. The only difference has been that D'Antoni's offense with this squad has taken a lot of fine-tuning, while the Princeton blatantly masks the strengths they have in terms of ball-handlers.

Thankfully, the always level-headed Larry Coon saves us a bit when it comes to the Lakers acquiring players who would be of no value to them down the stretch.

Mitch would have to lose his appreciation for players who can still play. RT @admirlal: what has to happen for Raja to sign with lakers?

The point here is that there are plenty of people who want to give their opinion on what the Lakers should and shouldn't do. What becomes a problem is sorting through the crap to get to the stray kernel of insight.

Besides, we all know we should just go straight to Magic Johnson when we want real analysis of the Lakers.